Computing - E-Safety Unit - LKS2

Unit: E-Safety/Online Safety
Key Question: How can we use the internet responsibly and safely?

This unit is comprised of 6 lessons that explore the SMART acronym. Each lesson focuses on a question that feeds into the overarching key question.

Structure of lessons:

1. Safe: How do I stay safe on the internet?
   We will discuss how to stay safe on the internet. We will explore ways that we can stay safe online.

2. Meeting: Do I know what stranger danger is?
   We will explore what stranger danger is and not meeting people in person. We will discuss strategies that we can use to keep us safe online.

3. SMART: Are you SMART on the internet?
   We will discuss the acronym of SMART and how we are SMART on the internet and when playing games. We will assess our own actions and discuss potential issues that may arise when playing a game online.

4. Reliable: Is everything that I read online reliable?
   We will explore whether the information that we read online is reliable. We will discuss ways of checking if something is reliable and what to do if we are unsure of something that we have read.

5. Tell: Can you teach someone else how to be SMART online?
   We will explore how to deal with a situation that we are unsure or worried about. We will develop a list of people that we trust and could tell about something that we are unsure of or worried about online. We will consider alternative things that we can do as well as telling an adult.

6. Safety Week Presentation: Can you create presentation for safety week?
   We will present what we have learnt during this unit. We will use the SMART acronym to explain what it is and how to stay safe online.

Bonus: Recap lesson
There are materials to help children answer questions related to e-safety.